Mission: To heighten awareness, provide education and guidance and promote sensitive restoration and preservation of New Bedford’s fine historic structures and the neighborhoods in which they are located.

Background:In 1974 a group of private citizens banded
together to try to halt a state plan to widen New Bedford's
premier residential avenue and destroy the tall old elm trees
that had arched over the street for decades. That group became
the New Bedford Preservation Society, which continues its efforts
to protect and preserve properties and landscapes of historic
and architectural significance throughout the city. Continuing
programs involve buildings from whaling mansions to triple-deckers
and from city parks to shade trees along the most modest city
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